Law & Disorder: July 4, 2014

The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

City of Kingston

• False personation: Dennis S. Dent, of Danube Lane, Durham, N.C., was arrested by Kingston police on June 23 and charged with false personation, a misdemeanor. Police said Dent gave members of the department’s Special Investigations Unit a false name and several different dates of birth during a field interview pursuant to a narcotics investigation on O’Neil Street. He was released with a court appearance ticket.

• Falsifying business records: Kelly L. Shields, 29, of Stephan Street, Kingston, was arrested by Kingston police at 1:45 a.m. Wednesday on a warrant for falsifying business records, a felony, and petit larceny, a misdemeanor. Police said they began an investigation into thefts from an unidentified local business on June 18. Shields is alleged to have falsified business records in an attempt to hide the fact that she stole about $500 from the business between May 26 and June 1, police said.

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Cairo

• Drugs: Everett G. Rasso, 31, Oak Hill, was arrested by state police at Catskill at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday on Old Route 23 and was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor; and having a controlled substance in a non-original container, a violation. He was released with a court appearance ticket.

New Paltz

• Assault: Niko A. Soto, 19, of New Paltz, and Angel D. Rios, 23, of Wallkill, were arrested by New Paltz police on Wednesday and each charged with felony assault and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. Soto also was charged with felony criminal mischief and criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor. Police said they responded to a 911 report of an assault at a home and when they got there, they found a male victim with “multiple lacerations” to his head. They said the suspects, Soto and Rios, had fled prior to their arrival but were later stopped by an Ulster County Sheriff’s patrol. Soto and Rios were taken to the police station, interviewed and then charged. They were arraigned and sent to the Ulster County Jail on $50,000 cash bail or $150,000 insurance bond pending a further court appearance.

Rhinebeck

• DWI: Jessica D. String, 34, of New Paltz, was arrested by state police at Rhinebeck at 1:31 a.m. Thursday on state Route 199 and was charged with drunken driving and driving while ability impaired by drugs or alcohol, both misdemeanors. She was released with a court appearance ticket.

Town of Ulster

• Shoplifting: Akera L. Smith, 32, and Tenya K. Minor, 37, both of Kingston, were arrested by Ulster town police at 10:47 p.m. Tuesday and were each charged with petit larceny, a misdemeanor. Police said the women had taken merchandise worth $41.16 from the Walmart superstore on Frank Sottile Boulevard. The pair released with court appearance tickets.

• Shoplifting: Dea S. Cumming, 67, of Kingston, was arrested by Ulster town police at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at Walmart on Frank Sottile Boulevard and was charged with petit larceny, a misdemeanor. Police said loss prevention personnel reported that Cumming had shoplifted $66 worth of merchandise. She was processed and released with a court appearance ticket.

• DWI: Justin E. Alles, 22, of Port Ewen, was arrested by Ulster town police at 12:44 a.m. Tuesday and charged with drunken driving, a misdemeanor, following an investigation into a one-car accident on state Route 28A. Alles was arraigned in Ulster Town Court and released with a court appearance ticket.

• Shoplifting: Joshua L. Phillips, 25, of West Shokan, was arrested by Ulster town police at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday at Walmart on Frank Sottile Boulevard and was charged with petit larceny, a misdemeanor. Police said loss prevention personnel reported he had taken $199.88 worth of merchandise. He was processed and released with a court appearance ticket.